Jake Smollett (born July 29, 1989) is an American actor and cooking personality.

[1] His father was Ashkenazi Jewish (his family immigrated from Russia and Poland), and his mother is African-American.

Smollett also starred alongside his sister Jurnee Smollett as Samuel L. Jackson's son in the critically acclaimed[6] feature film Eve's Bayou,[7] directed by Kasi Lemmons.

Jake portrayed Noser,[9] a character derived from Javier Grillo-Marxuach's[10] comic book.

He also appeared as a guest judge on Food Network's hit show Chopped Junior.